The Workshop Violin has been very well received. It is totally made in-house, using the most seasoned and stable materials that can be found. Every violin is hand finished. The varnish scheme may vary somewhat from instrument to instrument (straight vs. shaded). However, shading is never overstated. Greg likes to allow the texture of the Oil Varnish to be displayed, as opposed to the smooth "plasticized" look that is often common with modern student-level violins.
In addition to being very easy to play, the Workshop Violin has a balanced and robust sound most often associated with instruments in a much higher price category.
Workshop violins are in good demand, so it is rare that we have instruments unspoken for. However, we have been busy making so please contact us for information as to availability at (630) 906-0244.
Other Violins
- "Joannes Franciscus Pressenda 1846" Sold
- New "Gand and Bernadel Fres Luthiers du Conservatiore de Musique ??281 Paris 1879" Two-piece maple back with wide vivid figure
- "Omaggio allo Augusto Pollastri Cesare Magrini Continuatore della Scuola Bolognese die Fiorini e dei Pollastri Fece in Bologna 1986" One-piece back with soft figure that slopes downward from left to right
- "George Craske fecit 1850" One-piece maple back with soft figure sloping downward from left to right on upper bout, more horizontal on the lower bout
- "Christomer Germain Washington, D.C. 1998" One-piece maple back with nice figure that slopes downward from left to right
- "Kelvin William Marshall Scott Fecit Ann Arbor 1999 Opus 16 Signa Humanam Benevolentiam" One-piece maple back with soft figure that anles up slightly from left to right
- New "Brian T. Derber Fecit Wisconsin Faciebat Anno 2003 No: 74 Brian T. Derber Non Omnis Moriar"; two-piece maple back with distinct figure that peaks at the center seam
- "Bronek Cison Chicago 2012" one-piece maple back with figure angled slightly downward from left to right Sold
- New"Jeffrey S. Robinson Boulder 1990"; one-piece maple back with medium figure that angles up very slightly from left to right
- NewLabel reading "Repareret af Instrumentmager G. Enger Squaldergade No. 3 Kjobenhavn. 1881"; one-piece maple back with soft figure
- "Ernst Heinrich Roth Markneukirchen 1938 Germany Reproduction of Antonius Stradivarius Cremona 1700" and branded "Ernst Heinrich Roth Markneukirchen C825" above the label
- "Aubrey K. Alexander Salt Lake City, UT 2013" Two-piece maple back with soft, narrow figure that dips slightly towards the center seam
- Violin labeled "Carl Friedrich Havemann, Organ. Gohn in Klingenthal. 1783" Two-piece maple back with wide figure that dips towards the center seam
- Unlabeled Violin of French origin; two-piece maple back with dramatic soft figure that peaks slightly at center seam
- Violin labeled "Premiata Liuteria Italiana Scuola Cremonese di Riccardo Antoniazzi. Copia di Amati Fatto Nel Laboratorio di Antonio Monzino e Figli in Milano nell' anno 1974 da Severino Reiva A. Monzino"Sold
- Violin labeled "Giuseppe Fiorini Da Bologna 1922" One-Piece Back Sold
- Unlabeled Violin of Eastern European origin (c. late 1800's), one-piece maple back with soft, narrow figure sloping downward from left to right
- Old German Violin labeled "Andreas Kempter Lauten und Gegenmacher in Dillingen 1776" Sold
- Albert Krell Maker 1856 Sold
- Heinrich Th. Heberlein Jr. Markneukirchen 1903 branded Sold
- Violin branded "A la Ville de Cremonne D. Nicolas aine" in the back and "A Mirecourt" in the rib
- New"Erich Schweiger Chicago, Illinois 1985"; two-piece maple back with attractive soft, narrow figure
- "M. Paul Lorenz Untersachsenberg/S.a 15.4.1929"
- Copy of Joseph Guarnerius fecit E. Reinhold Schmidt Saxony One-Piece back Sold
- New"Paris Andrew Firenze 2023"; one-piece maple back with narrow figure that slants downward from left to right
- NewLabel reading Laurentius Guadagnini Pater, & alumnus Antoni Stradivari fecit Placentie Anno 1745"; two-piece maple back with distinct narrow figure that peaks slightly at center seam
- NewUnlabeled violin of French origin (c. 1870's); two-piece maple back with very faint figure that slopes downward from left to right
- "From the Workshop of Gregory S. Sapp Violins, Ltd. Chicago 2001"; Two-Piece Back with Soft Figure
- Violin labeled "George A. Ostertag Chicago, USA 1922"
- "Made in the Workshop of Gregory S. Sapp Violins, Ltd. Chicago, IL 2013 GSS-0193-S
- "Kathleen Thomas fecei Perugia anno 2024" two-piece maple back with soft, narrow figure that peaks slightly at center seam
- "Victoria McDonald Chicago 2024" two-piece maple back with soft figure that dips towards the center seam
- "Mathias Heinicke, Italieniade ... Wildstetn (Stadt)... (much text that is small and covered with handwritten signature) second oval label "Mathias Heinicke 800 Czechoslovakia"; two-piece maple back
- Violin labeled Erlach Grunert faciebat Cremona 17 Germany"
- Violin labeled "L. Glasel-Berliner Markneukirchen 1923"
- Violin labeled "Conn Wonder Elkhart Ind. USA anno 1925 No. 2346"Sold
- Violin labeled "Charles Resuche Eleve de Gand de Bernadel de Paris No. 74 Lyon 1877"
- Old Italian Violin (early-mid 1800's), Full Arched, Well Figured Semi-Slab Cut One Piece Back Papers from Lyon and Healy 1949 Sold
- Violin labeled "Heinrich E. Heberlein jr. Markneukirchen 1921 Copy of Anontious Stradivarius Made in Germany"
- Violin labeled "Josef Klotz in Mittenwalde anno 1795"
- Various Jay Haide a l'ancienne models - European and Chinese woods
- 7/8 violin, Jay Haide a l'ancienne Strad Pattern
- 7/8 violin Giuseppe Sardona 2016 European Wood
- 7/8 violin Y. Chen Strad Model 2008
- 3/4 violin labeled "Andreas Kohler Voigtland 17 "
